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Freshwater (=Inland waters)
Many Spined Climbing Perch is a benthopelagic species. It occurs in vegetated riverine backwaters, floodplain lagoons, swamps and isolated pans (Skelton 2001). A predator on insects, shrimps and small fishes, it is well camouflaged and hunts by slowly stalking prey. This species may congregate in groups to breed. The eggs are scattered around and not guarded. It can endure warm stagnant waters and is known to leave the water and move overland to alternative sites in wet weather or at night (Skelton 1993). Tweddle et al. (2004) observed it moving out from the Zambezi River onto newly flooded grasslands, for example they recorded 62 specimens from a single mat of grounded vegetation on the overflowing riverbank.SANBI is currently in the process of adding more information about species to this database.
